Stephanie Kyriacou
| Stephanie Kyriacou | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 22 November 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2020 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour ALPG Tour LPGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 2 |
| ALPG Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T40: 2024 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T10: 2022 |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP |
| Women's British Open | T7: 2022 |
| Evian Championship | T16: 2023 |
Stephanie Kyriacou (born 22 November 2000) is an Australian professional golfer. She won the 2020 Australian Ladies Classic Bonville by eight strokes as an amateur and joined the Ladies European Tour on a two-year winner's exemption.[1]
Career[edit]
Kyriacou started to play golf aged four and came through the Jack Newton Junior Golf Programme and played in her first Jack Newton golf tournament, the 2011 State Junior Medals, when she was 10.[1]
In January 2020, Kyriacou won the first tournament of the 2020 Ladies European Tour season, the Australian Ladies Classic Bonville at Bonville Golf Resort in New South Wales. She won by eight strokes over the world number 35 Ayean Cho of Korea, with a total of 22-under-par. Her second round of 63 was the lowest score ever recorded at Bonville but not a course record as preferred lies were used.[1] Her tournament victory was the 10th by an amateur in the 42-year history of the LET.[2]
Kyriacou earned a two-year exemption on the Ladies European Tour but was unable to collect the €36,000 prize money on offer at Bonville due to her amateur status. She turned professional two days later, on 25 January, ahead of making her professional debut in the Women's NSW Open at Dubbo Golf Club, where she missed the cut.
When competitive play resumed again in the second half of 2020, Kyriacou made the cut at her first major, the 2020 Women's British Open. She was runner-up at the Ladies Swiss Open behind Amy Boulden and fifth at both the Czech Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France.[3]
In 2021, Kyriacou won her second LET title and her first as a professional after she shot a bogey-free final round of 67 to win the Big Green Egg Open by two strokes ahead of Finland's Sanna Nuutinen.[4]
Kyriacou earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[5]
Endorsements[edit]
Titleist, Under Armour, Aphrodite Hills Resort - Cyprus, Lending Association and Golf Australia
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2017 Port Phillip Open Amateur & Victorian Women's Amateur
- 2019 Australian Master of the Amateurs, Port Phillip Open Amateur, Queensland Amateur Championship
Source:[6]
Professional wins[edit]
Ladies European Tour wins (2)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Feb 2020 | Australian Ladies Classic Bonville^ | −22 (69-63-69-65=266) | 8 strokes |  Ayeon Cho
|
| 2 | 3 Jul 2021 | Big Green Egg Open | −18 (66-72-65-67=270) | 2 strokes |  Sanna Nuutinen
|
^Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
Results in LPGA majors[edit]
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T49 | T40 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | T10 | T61 | |||
| The Evian Championship | NT | T65 | T31 | T16 | |
| Women's British Open | 72 | T13 | T7 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
LPGA Tour career summary[edit]
| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made* |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s |
Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | n/a | n/a | 75.00 | n/a | |
| 2021 | Did not play | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T7 | 483,135 | 55 | 71.24 | 65 | |
| 2023 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | T4 | 538,690 | 54 | 71.28 | 62 | |
| Totals^ | 45 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T4 | 1,021,825 | 309 | |||
^ Official as of 2023 season[7][8][9]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
Team appearances[edit]
Professional
- International Crown (representing Australia): 2023
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Player profile Stephanie Kyriacou". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Teen star Kyriacou turns professional". Golf Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Swiss Second Sweet for Steph". Golf NSW. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Kyriacou Triumphs At Big Green Egg Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Player profile Stephanie Kyriacou". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Stephanie Kyriacou stats". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Stephanie Kyriacou results". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
External links[edit]
- Stephanie Kyriacou at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Stephanie Kyriacou at the WPGA Tour Australasia official site
- Stephanie Kyriacou at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site